Writing Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in writing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Writing Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing
• Doctorate Degree in Writing

UT Austin Writing Studies Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in writing, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Writing Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Writing Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a master's degree in writing from UT Austin. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. UT Austin does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Editors	5,490	$72,300
English Language and Literature Professors	5,380	$75,720
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.